Archive for October 15th, 2011

Awesome 80′s Thing: 40 mpg, 130 mph, VW Scooter

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What you see here is the 1986 VW “Scooter” concept car, first seen at that year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. This little car – I think you’ll agree – is something really special, and (unless you share an apartment with David Hasselhoff or drive a gold Porsche 924) it is surely the most awesomely 80′s German [...]

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$10,000 tube amps just for headphones redefines outrageous

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We love crazy audiophile gear at Dvice, and few audio products are as crazy as Jack Woo’s Brooklyn NY built tube amps made just for driving headphones. Now Jack has topped himself, with his 234 mono amps, which are designed to make even the most diffic…

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Folding e-bike Commuter Concept Set for Production

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Gabriel Wartofsky hopes his pedal-assist electric folder will help reveal what he calls “the hidden magic” of commuting by bicycle to the American public … and, after two years of trying, it seems like his innovative design is finally ready for prime-time production. The pre-production prototype of Wartofsky’s e-bike (below) remains true to the original [...]

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#SciAmBlogs Friday – how to clean up after a demonstration, ride a bike, or achive greatness.

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– Scott Huler – Protest Infrastructure: How Much Trouble Are Protesters, Really?   [More]

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The salty secret to bigger hard drives

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Every time it seems like we’re starting to run out of hard drive space, some genius comes along and invents a way to cram more data onto those spinning magnetic platters. But as far as we know, this is the first time that it’s also involved making said…

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Prototype heavy lifter has two giant arms that mimic your moves

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Raytheon-Sarcos has already made a name for itself ’round these parts with its promising XOS 2 exoskeleton, and now the company is showing off another prototype: one with big ol’ robotic arms that’ll do what yours do à la Robot Jox, and could very…

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Speedy neutrino mystery likely solved, relativity safe after all

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Those weird faster-than-light neutrinos that CERN thought they saw last month may have just gotten slowed down to a speed that’ll keep them from completely destroying physics as we know it. In an ironic twist, the very theory that these neutrinos would…

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Time Warner testing movies on demand right when they hit theaters

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Time Warner is testing out offering movies to viewers at home on demand right when they hit theaters. It’s a test, one that may lead to more such releases if it’s a success.

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